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A few blocks from Revolution Square, in a former shantytown in Havana, Dr. Omitsa Valdes holds her consultations. It's a dusty, dilapidated place where she tells patients they must bring their own syringe and medication from home. But if a general checkup is needed, including urine and blood tests, Dr. Valdes is even more direct: If you can get it done yourself, I'll write the order.

A recent survey by Spain's Commercial Office in Havana puts the outstanding liabilities at about $276 million and warns that another $80 million are trapped in retained dividends and accounts that cannot be transferred off the island A woman walks through downtown Havana, surrounded by uncollected garbage, on Sunday, February 15.Norlys Perez (REUTERS) The collapse of the Cuban economy has dealt a major blow to the airlines and hotels that have been operating in the archipelago for decades.